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Shaikhul Islām Ibnu Taimiyyah ﷲا ﻪﲪر (died 728 H) said:

“There is no further doubt that indeed dufiā√ and dhikr are

amongst the primary forms of fiibādah. fiIbādah must be based
upon the vein of ittibāfi (following, adherence, compliance) of the

Prophet  with its consequences and consistencies, and not the

mere following of what the lusts dictate, what is far-fetched, and
the doing of something new for which there is no previous

example of (bidfiah). The dufiā√ and dhikr taught and exemplified

by the Prophet  are the finest from of dufiā√ and dhikr that must
be carried out and practiced by each and every Muslim. A person

who implements the carrying out of the dufiā√ and dhikr exemplified
by the Prophet  will feel secure and safe and will receive the most

favorable benefits and successes. Meanwhile amongst the dufiā√

and dhikr that are undertaken are those that are forbidden and
those that are detested, and more so there are those that are

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tantamount to shirk and many people are unaware of this”.

What is commanded for a Muslim is dhikr to Allāh in

accordance with that which has been legislated within the Dīn, and
dufiā√ to Allāh  with the transmitted ṣaḥīḥ dufiā√ that came from

Al Qur√ān and the Sunnah of the Prophet . Because of that, it is

obligatory upon a Muslim to follow (ittibāfi) what has been decreed
by Allāh and what has been exemplified by His Prophet .

10 Majmūfi Fatāwa, Shaikhul Islām Ibnu Taimiyyah, XXII/510-511.
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